Thomas DurnfordAge: 26 years1741/42 CE–1769
- Name
- Thomas Durnford
Birth | January 26, 1741/42 CE (February 6, 1742) 21 26 |
Birth | |
Birth of a brother | Andrew Durnford April 24, 1744 (Age 2 years) |
Birth of a brother | Andrew Durnford April 24, 1744 (Age 2 years) |
Christening of a brother | Andrew Durnford April 29, 1744 (Age 2 years) |
Birth of a brother | Clark Durnford July 24, 1748 (Age 6 years) |
Death | 1768 (Age 25 years) |
Death | Fort Onor 1769 (Age 26 years)Cause of death: killed in active duty |
Family with parents |
father |
Elias Durnford Sr. Birth: March 11, 1719/20 CE (March 22, 1720) 37 — Ringwood, Hampshire, England Death: May 22, 1774 — Streatham, Surrey, England |
mother |
Martha Gannaway Birth: November 7, 1715 — Damerham, Hampshire, England Death: April 26, 1780 — Streatham, Surrey, England |
Marriage: April 15, 1738 — Rockbourne, Hampshire, England |
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4 years himself |
Thomas Durnford Birth: January 26, 1741/42 CE (February 6, 1742) 21 26 — Ringwood, Hampshire, England Death: Fort Onor — 1769 — Honavar, Karnataka, India |
7 years younger brother |
Clark Durnford Birth: July 24, 1748 28 32 — London, England Death: January 1808 — England |
-4 years younger brother |
Andrew Durnford Birth: April 24, 1744 24 28 — Fordingham, Hampshire, England Death: September 10, 1798 — St. George, Bermuda |
-5 years elder brother |
Elias Durnford Jr. Birth: June 13, 1739 19 23 — Damerham, Hampshire, England Death: June 21, 1794 — Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago |
Shared note | unmarried. He went to the East Indies as a volunteer and was made a Lieutenant in the East Indai Company's Artillery, and acted as Assistant Engineer. He was wounded at the siege of Trichinopoly, and was killed at an attack on the Fort of Onor, on the coast of Bombay in 1769 -- which attack he conducted. Having been severly wounded, some Lascars were carrying him off the field, on a board, when he was shot to pieces by a cannon shot, which also killed some of the Lascars |